Grand painting exhibit slated for October
JAKARTA (JP): A grand painting exhibition will take place at the Shangri-La Hotel in Central Jakarta in October to delight local art lovers.
The exhibition, which will run from Oct. 18 to 23 and is scheduled to be opened by First Lady Tien Soeharto, will display 500 paintings by noted painters the world over, including masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Paul Gaugin and Marc Chagall.
Apart from works by international painters, the exhibition, called The Jakarta International Fine Arts Exhibition, will also showcase rare paintings by prominent Indonesian artists such as Raden Saleh, Basuki Abdullah, Affandi, Mochtar Apin and S. Sudjojono.
Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo, chairperson of Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia (the Indonesian Fine Arts Foundation) which will organize the event, said in a press meeting yesterday: "The main purpose of the coming exhibition is to increase the appreciation of art lovers in Indonesia."
Because only a small number of Indonesian people have seen world's masterpieces, the coming exhibition is a rare event, she said.
The event is jointly organized by the foundation and the London-based Bradbury Company, one of the largest companies which organizes international art galleries.
Siti Hediyati (Titik) Prabowo, another organizer of the exhibition, added that the foundation will borrow rare paintings of Indonesian painters from the Istana Negara (the National Palace) and local collectors for use at the exhibition.
Painting bourses, discussions and workshops will accompany the gala event.
Local artists will have the opportunity to win the Philip Morris Award.
Indonesian artists are invited to take part in the competition and are allowed to submit their newest and most original works to the foundation's office on Jl. Taman Anggrek No. S 15 A, Slipi, West Jakarta, by Sept. 10.
"Up to the present, we have received more than 400 photographs of paintings to be included in the competition, " Titik said. (raw)